MIT designs computing component that uses waste heat ‘as a form of information’
Proof of concept uses passive components to redirect heat across a chip, allowing temperature patterns to be used for data processing.
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Record-breaking gravitational wave puts Einstein’s relativity to its toughest test yet — and proves him right again
A record-breaking gravitational wave signal let scientists “listen” to a distant black hole merger and put Einstein’s gravity to its toughest test yet.
Evolution didn’t wait long after the dinosaurs died
New plankton arrived just a few millennia — maybe even decades — after the Chicxulub asteroid, forcing a rethink of evolution’s catastrophe response speed.
A sea turtle boom may be hiding a population collapse
In Cape Verde, conservation has boosted the sea turtle population 100-fold — but the male-female balance is way off.
Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning To Dissolve?
N one of the leading interpretations of quantum theory are very convincing. They ask us to believe, for example, that the world we experience is
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts
On their way! 4 people on NASA Crew-12 mission launch to International Space Station
The four are set to dock with the space station on Saturday, returning the orbital lab to its full complement of seven. NASA’s last mission
Newly visible, city-size ‘green comet’ will soon be ejected into interstellar space — just like 3I/ATLAS
Comet Wierzchoś, also known as C/2024 E1, is rapidly brightening as it approaches its closest point to Earth next week. But experts predict it will
Did modern humans wipe out the Neanderthals? New evidence may finally provide answers.
A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.
‘It’s telling us there’s something big going on’: Unprecedented spike in atmospheric methane during the COVID-19 pandemic has a troubling explanation
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the atmosphere temporarily lost its ability to break down methane, leading to a huge spike in the greenhouse gas.
The earliest black holes in the universe may still be with us, surprising study claims
The earliest black holes in the universe may not have disappeared from Hawking radiation after all, new research hints. Instead, they fed on the energy
China’s carbon emissions may have reached a critical turning point sooner than expected
The carbon emissions of the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter have plateaued for nearly two years.
Antarctica ‘ghost particle’ observatory gets major upgrade that could ‘pave the way’ to physics breakthroughs
The National Science Foundation’s massive IceCube neutrino detector at the South Pole just got a major new upgrade, which promises to take the search for
This inside-out planetary system has astronomers scratching their heads
A rocky exoplanet in the LHS 1903 system defies planet formation models, hinting that gravitational upheaval reshaped the red dwarf’s four worlds.